Who’s who in Donald Trump's administration?
WHITE HOUSE
Donald Trump
President-elect
The real estate mogul, businessman, pageant owner, and former reality-TV personality survived not only the fallout from his populist rhetorical outbursts during the campaign, but also revelations dating back decades involving racism, sexual harassment, and tax avoidance, among others.
Mike Pence
Vice President-elect
The Indiana governor, who previously served as chair of the House Republican Conference, is known for his staunch opposition to abortion and controversial views on LGBT rights.
WHITE HOUSE ADVISORY ROLES
Reince Priebus
Chief of Staff
The Republican National Committee chairman, who has never held public office, is known to be close to House Speaker Paul Ryan.
Stephen Bannon
Chief Strategist
The controversial right-wing media figure and former Goldman Sachs banker, who helped transform the Breitbart news site into a leading mouthpiece of the Republican Party's anti-establishment far-right wing, has regularly been accused of xenophobia, anti-Semitism and misogyny.
Michael Flynn
National Security Adviser
The retired US army lieutenant-general, who once said that "fear of Muslims is rational" and described Islamic ideology as “sick", was the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency between 2012-14, but says he was forced out of the role because of his views on radical Islam.
CABINET
Steven Mnuchin
Secretary of the Treasury
The Wall Street insider made a fortune working for Goldman Sachs and later founded a successful movie production company.
General James Mattis
Secretary of Defense
The retired Marine Corps general, who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, is an outspoken critic of the Obama administration's nuclear deal with Iran and its Middle East policy, in general.
Jeff Sessions
Attorney General
Sessions is known as one of the most right-wing and anti-immigration senators. In 1986, his nomination by Ronald Reagan to be a federal judge was rejected by Congress after several attorneys testified that he had made racist comments.
Wilbur Ross
Secretary of Commerce
The billionaire investor, known as the "king of bankruptcy" due to his penchant for buying distressed companies, in sectors like coal and steel, and flipping them for a profit, has previously invested in troubled banks in England, Greece and Cyprus.
Tom Price
Secretary of Health and Human Services
The six-term Georgia congressman and orthopaedic surgeon is an outspoken critic of President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reforms.
Elaine Chao
Secretary of Transportation
The Taiwan-born Washington insider who previously led the labour department under President George W Bush has also served as deputy secretary of transportation and director of the Peace Corps. Since 2011, Chao has sat on the board of Wells Fargo.
Betsy DeVos
Secretary of Education
The Michigan Republican Party chairwoman - who has campaigned for publicly funded charter schools to be set up by teachers, parents, or community groups outside the state-school system - once described Trump as "an interloper".
Ben Carson
Housing Secretary
The retired neurosurgeon and former presidential candidate later became Trump's most high-profile African American supporter, after losing the Republican primary. Carson is also an outspoken advocate of creationism.
Scott Pruitt
Head of EPA
Scott Pruitt, picked as head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has in the past sued the EPA in a bid to undo a key regulation under outgoing President Barack Obama that would curb greenhouse gas emissions blamed for climate change, mainly from coal-fired power plants.
Pruitt, a climate change denier, also received more than $270,000 in donations from the oil and gas industry in the past, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics, a nonpartisan group that monitors campaign contributions.
Pruitt, a climate change denier, also received more than $270,000 in donations from the oil and gas industry in the past, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics, a nonpartisan group that monitors campaign contributions.
General John Kelly
Head of Homeland Security
General Kelly, who joined the Marine Corps in 1970, retired this year after a final command that included oversight of the Guantanamo Bay detention centre. He has a reputation as a border hardliner after a time in the Southern Command, which is based in South Florida and regularly works with Homeland Security on missions to identify and dismantle immigrant smuggling networks.
Linda McMahon
Head of Small Business Administration
Linda McMahon, co-founder and former chief of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), will head the Small Business Administration. She's a twice former Republican Senate candidate for the state of Connecticut and donated $6 million to Trump's campaign. Before she'll be instated, her appointment needs to be approved by the Senate.
MAJOR NON-CABINET ROLES
Nikki Haley
United States Mission to the UN
The Indian-American South Carolina governor, who was highly critical of Trump's proposal to ban Muslim immigrants, came to prominence last year by removing the Confederate flag from her state's capitol building.
Mike Pompeo
Director of Central Intelligence Agency
The Kansas representative in Congress has defended the National Security Agency’s surveillance programme and called whistle-blower Edward Snowden a “traitor”. He also insisted that the Guantanamo Bay detention facility must remain open.
Jared Kushner
Adviser
Ivanka Trump's husband, who is the principal owner of Observer Media and the real estate firm, Kushner Companies, has never had a formal role in government but is expected to serve as an unpaid adviser to his father-in-law.Nikki Haley
United States Mission to the UN
The Indian-American South Carolina governor, who was highly critical of Trump's proposal to ban Muslim immigrants, came to prominence last year by removing the Confederate flag from her state's capitol building.
Mike Pompeo
Director of Central Intelligence Agency
The Kansas representative in Congress has defended the National Security Agency’s surveillance programme and called whistle-blower Edward Snowden a “traitor”. He also insisted that the Guantanamo Bay detention facility must remain open.
Jared Kushner
Adviser
Ivanka Trump's husband, who is the principal owner of Observer Media and the real estate firm, Kushner Companies, has never had a formal role in government but is expected to serve as an unpaid adviser to his father-in-law.
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